In the constellation Cygnus, roughly 1,470 light-years from Earth, sits an otherwise unremarkable star that briefly became ...

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The video explains why researchers flagged seven stars with infrared signatures that were hard to explain. It also looks at ...

We can probably put our hopes of meeting aliens on hold just a little bit longer. A team of researchers studying "Tabby's star," a stellar object whose mysterious dips in brightness have puzzled ...

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Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

If an alien megastructure indeed encircles a star known as KIC 8462852, it's 1,500 years old and no one may be home anymore. Q: What’s the deal with that star that was giving off weird light signals?

What if aliens were building a massive power plant?Last time, I talked about the "Kardashev scale," which classifies the ...

A rendering of a potential Dyson sphere, named after Freeman A. Dyson. As proposed by the physicist and astromomer decades ago, they would collect solar energy on a solar system wide scale for highly ...